Trivia time

It has been a bit of a slow week here on the startup and venture capital beat, which means something big is probably brewing.

Nonetheless, I thought it might be a good time to resurrect a quiz for my faithful readers. So, here we go:

Name the Seattle area venture capital firm whose portfolio includes an online advertising platform, a developer of unmanned aircraft and an online real estate company?

First one to e-mail me at johncook@seattlepi.com will receive a little P-I merchandise. (Past winner Mike Fridgen of Farecast seemed to like his prize since he was spotted at a lower Queen Anne restaurant using it a few months ago.)

(Hint: The firm was in the news this week.)

UPDATE: We have a winner. TripHub Vice President of Marketing John Pope correctly answered Second Avenue Partners, the Seattle firm whose investments include Revenue Science, Insitu and HouseValues. The firm was in the news this week because portfolio company Newsvine was sold to MSNBC.com.

Pope came up with the correct answer at 11:57 a.m., shortly after a reader put the correct answer in the comments section. (Remember folks, e-mail me the answer! Oops.) Pope said if he wins a T-shirt, he would be happy to lend it to the person who made the mistake.

Thanks to all for playing.

Does anyone see a trend here? Pope is the second vice president of marketing at a Seattle online travel startup to win the trivia challenge.